The 1978 Constitution introduced a radical departure to the previously existing electoral system and electoral districts. This system, commonly described as the First-past-the-post (FPP) system, was changed in to a system of Proportional Representation in respect of 22 electoral districts. It introduces proportional representation for parliament elections, which initially included 196 members. Later, the 14 Amendment in 1988 increased the ...

The electoral process is an ideal and integral part of the democratic process, therefore elections can be considered as a benchmark of democracy. The citizens depend on free and fair exercise of the vote because fundamentally elections have a legitimate purpose and are important for citizens. In this regard the citizens do need information of various sorts to determine their ...

DistrictProvinceUNPUPFAJVPITAKSMCINDEPDPACMCDPBJPAITCCWCFSPUPPOthersValid VotesRejected VotesTotal PolledRegis.ElectorsTurnout % AMPARAEA151013893345391454214862373310223164439159157161326195184233446184657570.70035447669063 ANURADHAPURANC2130722298562870113041569285198266132475383284625038456367330.74659708229352 BADULLAUV258844179459214457045006881025932341941472682241674968496204860.76179317502732 BATTICALOAEA32359322328112718538477428831142486543462535238846135382523843651670.65407334178609 COLOMBOWE64

Election ResultsElectoral DistrictProvinceUPFAUNFDNATNAIndUCPFTMVPSMBPTULFTNPFDPLFSLNFOthersValid VotesRejected VotesTotal PolledRegistered ElectorsTurnout %AmparaEA132,09690,7572,91726,8952,0291,49056696256,93615,516272,452420,83564.74%AnuradhapuraNC221,20480,36018,12952811,445147725332,53822,930355,468579,26161.37%BadullaUV203,689112,88615,7685,07311,481137644349,67824,169373,847574,81465.04%BatticaloaEA62,00922,93532466,2356,03416,886114,4241361,624180,61814,749195,367333,64458.56%ColomboWE480,896339,75

Electoral DistrictProvinceUPFAUNFDNATNAIndUCPFTMVPSMBPTULFTNPFDPLFSLNFOthersValid VotesRejected VotesTotal PolledRegistered ElectorsTurnout % AmparaEA132096907572917268952029149056696256936155162724524208350.6474 AnuradhapuraNC221204803601812952811445147725332538229303554685792610.6137 BadullaUV20368911288615768507311481137644349678241693738475748140.6504 BatticaloaEA6200922935324662356034168861144241361624180618147491953673336440.5856 ColomboWE48089633975011068312223583492450319393755035498972915218540.65

வாக்காளர் செய்முறை என்பது‚ ஜனநாயக செய்முறையின் உயர்வான மற்றும் அவசியமான பகுதியாகும். ஆகையால் தேர்தல் என்பதனை ஜனநாயகத்தின் அடையாளமாக ஆலோசிக்க முடியும். முக்கியமாக தேர்தல்கள் நியாயமானதாக இருக்கும் போது அவை ஜனநாயகத்திற்கு முக்கியமானதொன்றாக மட்டுமல்லாமல் மக்கள் சுயேச்சையாக வாக்குரிமையை பயன்படுத்துவதற்கு ஆலோசிக்கவும் முடியும். இது சம்பந்தமாக தமது தெரிவு தொடர்பாக முடிவெடுப்பதற்காக பல்வேறுப்பட்ட வழிகளில் தகவல்கள் மக்களுக்கு அவசியப்படுகின்றது. இலங்கையில் தேர்தல்கள் வரலாறு தேர்தல் உண்மை தன்மையை பாதிக்கும் பல்வேறுப்ப

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வாக்காளர் செய்முறை என்பது‚ ஜனநாயக செய்முறையின் உயர்வான மற்றும் அவசியமான பகுதியாகும். ஆகையால் தேர்தல் என்பதனை ஜனநாயகத்தின் அடையாளமாக ஆலோசிக்க முடியும். முக்கியமாக தேர்தல்கள் நியாயமானதாக இருக்கும் போது அவை ஜனநாயகத்திற்கு முக்கியமானதொன்றாக மட்டுமல்லாமல் மக்கள் சுயேச்சையாக வாக்குரிமையை பயன்படுத்துவதற்கு ஆலோசிக்கவும் முடியும். இது சம்பந்தமாக தமது தெரிவு தொடர்பாக முடிவெடுப்பதற்காக பல்வேறுப்பட்ட வழிகளில் தகவல்கள் மக்களுக்கு அவசியப்படுகின்றது.இலங்கையில் தேர்தல்கள் வரலாறு தேர்தல் உண்மை தன்மையை பாதிக்கும் பல்வேறுப்ப

From SLELECT.NET – Contributors A. Wijesiri, S. Sasna, D. Kulasooriya, F. Faiz, H.Miftah, A. Keerthana, K.Jayathilaka and ZL Mohamed. November 13, 2024. Figure 1: District-wise Vote share for the main Candidates. The maps reflect the district-wise vote percentage distribution of four major candidates:Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD / NPP), Sajith Premadasa (SP/SPS), Ranil Wickremasinghe (RW/NDF), Namal Rajapaksa (NR / SLPP) ...

From SLELECT.NET – Contributors A. Wijesiri, S. Sasna, D. Kulasooriya, A. Keerthana and ZL Mohamed. Introduction We visualize how major candidates were able to place within the first 4 places in different districts in Sri Lnaka’s Presidential poll conducted on September 21, 2024. There were five candidates who placed in the first four and then the other 34 candidates ...

Facebook Mail-bulk The 1978 Constitution introduced a radical departure to the previously existing electoral system and electoral districts. The previous system was based on constituencies with individual candidates nominated by recognized political parties or independent candidates. The candidate obtaining the highest number of votes in respect of the constituency was declared elected. This system, commonly described as the First-past-the-post ...

At the district level, AKD of NPP has the highest vote share in 15 districts and SP of SJS had the highest vote share in 7 districts not counting the 3 merged districts of Kilinochchi with Jaffna and Vavuniya, Mannar, Mullaitivu as the Vanni District – in actual fact.SP leads in 7 electoral districts (Jaffna, Vanni, Trincomalee, Batticaloa, Ampara, Badulla ...

ZL මොහොමඩ් භාෂා පරිවර්තක (එන් කරුණාදාස) ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ 2015 ජනාධිපතිවරණය සඳහාවලංගු ඡන්ද හිමිනාමලේඛනයන් හිඡන්දදායකයින් 1,5 0,44,490 කගේනම්සඳහන්ව තිබුණද ජනලේඛනදත්ත අනුවබලනවිට ඒ වනවිට ඡන්දයදි යහැකිනීත්‍යානුකූල වයසටපත්වසිටි පුරවැසියන්ගේ සංඛ්‍යාව 1,44,49,000 ක් පමණකි. මෙයඡන්දදායක ලැයිස්තු වල ඇතිසංඛ්‍යාත්මකව තහවුරුනොවන 4.3% ක ඡන්දදායක අතිරික්තයකි. පසුගිය ජනාධිපතිවරණය තීරණයවුනේ 3.7% ක වැඩිඡන්ද ප්‍රතිශතයකින්වීමත්, ඊටපෙර පැවැත්වුන ජනපතිවරණ තීරණයවුනේ ඉන්අඩකින් පමණවීමත් නිසා මෙයබියඋපදව

வாக்காளர் செய்முறை என்பது‚ ஜனநாயக செய்முறையின் உயர்வான மற்றும் அவசியமான பகுதியாகும். ஆகையால் தேர்தல் என்பதனை ஜனநாயகத்தின் அடையாளமாக ஆலோசிக்க முடியும். முக்கியமாக தேர்தல்கள் நியாயமானதாக இருக்கும் போது அவை ஜனநாயகத்திற்கு முக்கியமானதொன்றாக மட்டுமல்லாமல் மக்கள் சுயேச்சையாக வாக்குரிமையை பயன்படுத்துவதற்கு ஆலோசிக்கவும் முடியும். இது சம்பந்தமாக தமது தெரிவு தொடர்பாக முடிவெடுப்பதற்காக பல்வேறுப்பட்ட வழிகளில் தகவல்கள் மக்களுக்கு அவசியப்படுகின்றது.இலங்கையில் தேர்தல்கள் வரலாறு தேர்தல் உண்மை தன்மையை பாதிக்கும் பல்வேறுப்ப

Motivation: At a press conference in August 2015, the Commissioner of Elections noted the responsibility of all to ensure the integrity of elections and invited contributions. The website of the Department of Elections shall not undertake statistics on the results of elections. This was after Dr. Laksiri Fernando (Colombo Telegraph) and I had raised questions. The response it seemed was indirect.As ...

By Dr.Ranjiva Munasinghe, Managing Director – Argyle X and Ruwanthi de Silva, Social Media Analyst – Argyle X Elections in Sri Lanka are an exciting affair. One need only look at a condensed timeline of events from the last Presidential Election to confirm this – from then SLFP Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena’s shock announcement that he would be running as ...

by: ZL MohamedThis post compiles information onBackground on Postal Voting in Sri LankaRise of Postal Votes by District (1982-2015)Tilt of Postal Votes by Districts in 2015And is a companion to the article on postal voting.Postal Voting in Sri LankaPostal voting refers to early voting and is offered to government employees (and even a few others) who are engaged in ...

In Sri Lanka’s 2015 Presidential Election, there was a higher turnout in electorates that favoured Mahinda Rajapakse. Maithripala Sirisena’s surprising election victory has been explained by many on the grounds that he was supported more enthusiastically in certain regions and by certain groups and that this enthusiasm had spurred his supporters to vote in larger numbers.  On the other ...

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ 2015 ජනාධිපතිවරණය සඳහාවලංගු ඡන්ද හිමිනාමලේඛනයන් හිඡන්දදායකයින් 1,5 0,44,490 කගේනම්සඳහන්ව තිබුණද ජනලේඛනදත්ත අනුවබලනවිට ඒ වනවිට ඡන්දයදි යහැකිනීත්‍යානුකූල වයසටපත්වසිටි පුරවැසියන්ගේ සංඛ්‍යාව 1,44,49,000 ක් පමණකි. මෙයඡන්දදායක ලැයිස්තු වල ඇතිසංඛ්‍යාත්මකව තහවුරුනොවන 4.3% ක ඡන්දදායක අතිරික්තයකි. පසුගිය ජනාධිපතිවරණය තීරණයවුනේ 3.7% ක වැඩිඡන්ද ප්‍රතිශතයකින්වීමත්, ඊටපෙර පැවැත්වුන ජනපතිවරණ තීරණයවුනේ ඉන්අඩකින් පමණවීමත් නිසා මෙයබියඋපදවන තත්ත්වයකි. 2015 ඡන්දසටනඅවසන්වීමත්සමගමර්‍ණහොල්මන් ඡන්දදායකයින්පිළිබඳ මෙම ආ

The electoral process is an ideal and integral part of the democratic process, therefore elections can be considered as a benchmark of democracy. The citizens depend on free and fair exercise of the vote because fundamentally elections have a legitimate purpose and are important for citizens. In this regard the citizens do need information of various sorts to determine their ...